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ftp from joomla

  • Posted September 18, 2013

there are some backup> transfer extensions for joomla (e.g. akeeba backup) that use ftp to backup/clone a site to another location. they’ve worked everywhere I’ve ever used them…except here…and that’s probably for good reason (since there are risks of course).

how can I make this work for the short time and disable later, yes, I know not particularly safe.

joomla is trying to use an ftp user on port 21, 127.0.0.1, (and I’m using a valid sftp user). but it fails. help me with some basics someone!!?

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Maciej • January 28, 2015

I’ve complete this (using Joomla3) by using SFTP without installing ptoftpd.

Before using it need to check that you have ssh2 php library already installed.

To install it on Ubuntu 14.04 (in my case):

sudo apt-get install libssh2-php

Then use SFTP:

host: localhost port: 22 user: root pass: <your pass>

Kamal Nasser • September 21, 2013

Try installing ProFTPD: <br> <br><a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-proftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04”>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-proftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04</a>